Midge pupa are easy targets for sleek, swift swimming trout and dry flies gather in groups and give trout a worthwhile bite of protein. When it comes down to the little bugs, trout just eat midge ...

Between 2,000 and 3,000 Jujubee Midge packs, each containing a dozen flies, sell annually in the U.S. “It’s a general midge, so anywhere there’s midges, that fly will work,” Craven said.

The four stages of a midge’s life cycle are egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The larvae are long (relatively speaking) and thin, while the adults are spindly and look much like mosquitoes.

Midges rule the local water for the next few months. Sporadic hatches of Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) may appear, but the mainstay for repeatable success rides on the smallest nymphs in your fly box. If ...

In late summer on many Western rivers, an insect hatch of great importance occurs that provides a lot of action for fly fishers. This hatch is the midge, a small, swarming cloud of trout protein ...

If fishing a midge hatch isn’t one of the most difficult challenges that fly-fishers undertake, it’s certainly one of the quirkiest. I’d vote for it being the most difficult and t… ...

BASALT – Fishing has been hot! Right now the sweet spot on the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan is between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., the bankers’ hours. There is no real need to get out there too early; let the ...

San Juan River: Counselor resident Michelle Haines caught a 20-inch rainbow trout on Oct. 18 using a brown San Juan worm. In addition to the brown San Juan worms, fishing for trout in the quality ...